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PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER 9181
A POLYCHROME ENAMELED VASE
9177 Qianlong mark, Republic period
A POLYCHROME ENAMELED VASE The tall cylindrical neck surmounting a globular body, the exterior
Qianlong mark, 20th century accented in floral sprigs surrounded by a lavender sgraffiato ground,
Painted in polychrome enamels with fishermen at work and farmers the recessed base bearing the six-character mark in red and gilt
returning to a rural complex beneath a spring willow tree on the front surrounded by turquoise enamels.
and, in black enamel, with various decorative bands as well as a 11 1/2in (29cm) high
twenty-character poem on the body bearing the seals of the emperor
Qianlong, the recessed base bearing the six-character mark in iron red US$2,000 - 3,000
seal script.
13 3/4in (35cm) high PROPERTY PURCHASED BY AN AMERICAN FAMILY
LIVING IN CHINA FROM 1933-1937, BY REPUTE
US$1,200 - 1,800

PROPERTY FROM THE MONTEREY MUSEUM OF ART, SOLD 9182
TO BENEFIT THE MUSEUM FUNDS AN YIXING ‘HUNDRED-FRUIT’ COVERED TEAPOT
19th/20th century
9178 Of compressed globular form beneath a fitted cover molded as
A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED ROOSTER AND a mushroom, the sides suspending a water-chestnut handle and
CHICKENS BOWLS opposing lotus-shoot spout, separated by molded fruits and nuts
Qianlong marks, late Qing/Republic period applied to the shoulder in clays and slips of varied hues, all raised upon
Each painted in bright enamels on the exterior walls with a rooster, additional nut-form feet including a lotus pod enclosing individually
hen and chicks in a rock-filled garden filled with flowering peonies and potted seeds, bearing an impressed seal to the side of the spout
fantastic rocks, the reverse with a transcription in black enamel of a reading ji’an (old damage to collar of lid).
poem composed by the Qianlong emperor in the bingshen year of his 4 1/2in (11.5cm) high
reign (1776) and bearing the iron red seals qian and long, the recessed
base of each also bearing the six-character mark in iron red seal script US$1,500 - 2,500
(tiny chip to one bowl).
9in (22.8cm) diameters A very similar teapot was offered as lot 8368 in these rooms on 24
June 2015 as part of Bonhams sale 22412. That pot bore a lengthy
US$2,500 - 3,500 inscription and the incised signature ‘Ziye.’ ‘Ziye’ as well as the
impressed ‘ji’an’ found on the present pot are both linked to the
The decoration on these bowls was adapted from a chicken cup 18th/19th century ceramicist/connoisseur Qu Yingshao (1780-1849).
commissioned by the Qianlong emperor based on one from the Ming See Terese Tse Bartholomew et al, The Art of the Yixing Potter: The
emperor Chenghua: for the cup and a translation of the inscription, see K.S. Lo Collection, Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware (Hong Kong:
Louise Allison Court and Jan Stuart, Joined Colors, Hong Kong, 1993, The Urban Council, 1990), 238.
p. 54 and no. 64, p. 138.
PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER

PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS 9183
AN ENAMELED PLAQUE MOUNTED IN A WOOD TABLE
9179 SCREEN
A PAIR OF POLYCHROME ENAMELED CUPS Circa 1900
Daoguang marks, Republic period Depicting a flock of Manchurian cranes alighting on the branches of
Both delicately potted with slightly everted mouth rims surmounting pine trees and a rocky outcropping to the right of a deer and four
tapered sides, the exterior surfaces covered in mirror images of two fawns feeding on the lush ground plane (minor chip); now mounted
intricately rendered immortals within a rocky grove accompanied by in a wood frame supported on a pieced base with legs and apron
cranes and bats; the undersides bearing the six-character marks in echoing the shape of bronze coins.
underglaze blue. 16 1/2 x 12in (42.3 x 30.4cm) dimensions of plaque
3in (7.2cm) diameters 24 5/8 x 15 3/8in (62.5 x 39.1cm) dimensions overall

US$2,000 - 4,000 US$3,000 - 4,000

9180 PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK LADY
NO LOT
9184
A SET OF FOUR POLYCHROME ENAMELED PORCELAIN
PLAQUES
Each painted in the famille rose palette with a peaceful scenery of
fishermen rowing boats through winding rivers surrounded by hills and
mountains, each also inscribed with a poem and cyclical date, dingmo,
dated to 1976 in black enamel; the borders decorated with floral
scrolls on a yellow ground.
15 x 10in (38 x 25.5cm)

US$1,500 - 2,500

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